The Reds, Pinks & Purples

A concert by The Reds, Pinks & Purples, an indie rock act built around the singer-songwriter Glenn Donaldson, at the Hare & Hounds in Birmingham. The band has recently joined the Fire Records label.

Glenn Donaldson is the central figure of The Reds, Pinks & Purples, an indie rock act whose songs rest on melody and storytelling. The band's sound is linked to Guided by Voices, The Cure and The Go-Betweens, combining lo-fi roughness, melancholy and narrative lyric writing.

The group has joined Fire Records and has written more than two hundred songs and released eight albums over the last six years. Donaldson has named The Chills, Television Personalities, The Lemonheads and Spacemen 3 among his formative influences.

The Hare & Hounds is a Birmingham venue that mainly hosts concerts, with a programme centred on pop, rock and indie music, so the evening suits listeners who follow those styles.